Business management tools

Manage environmental aspects with toolkits

• Help to manage your environmental impacts using the SME toolkits from NetRegs
• NetRegs SME toolkit - Northern Ireland
• NetRegs SME toolkit - Scotland
• NetRegs: Manage and improve your environmental performance

Nutrient management planning

• It is important to use the correct nutrients at the correct levels for the crops and grass you grow. A nutrient management plan is the way to make best use of resources
• Planet: Nutrient management tools
• DAERA: Nutrient Action Programme Regs 2019-22
• FAS: Farm management handbook

Adapt to climate change

• Climate change will have impacts on agriculture, as it is an activity that is very dependent on weather. Find out what steps you can take to climate proof your activities.
• Climate Northern Ireland
• DAERA: Northern Ireland climate adaptation programme
• Adaptation Scotland: Climate ready places
• Nature.Scot: Farming and climate change

Organic conversion

• Find the support and funding that is available for you to convert to organic production.
• Soil Association: Funding for organic farmers in Northern Ireland
• CAFRE Organic Team: 028 9442 6765
• Soil Association: Organic in Scotland
• Scottish Government Rural Payments and Services: Agri-environment climate scheme